Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Format: Commander

Commander: Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This Grixis control deck uses Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor to orchestrate game flow through Curses, goad mechanics, and creature theft. The early game focuses on setting up mana rocks and deploying defensive enchantments like Propaganda. Once Lynde enters the battlefield, the deck enchants opponents with debilitating Curses, moving them to draw cards and recurring them if destroyed. Combat auras such as Shiny Impetus and mass goad effects like Disrupt Decorum force opponents to attack one another, whittling down life totals while keeping you safe. Curse of Misfortunes acts as the primary engine, pulling specialized Curses like Curse of Bloodletting and Curse of Thirst onto key targets. In the late game, the deck capitalizes on high-impact spells such as Blatant Thievery and Rise of the Dark Realms to steal opposing threats and finish off surviving opponents. The strategy excels at political board manipulation but relies on natural draws to find answers.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Accursed Witch // Infectious Curse
• 1 Acquired Mutation
• 1 Agent of Erebos
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Blatant Thievery
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Cast Down
• 1 Clear the Mind
• 1 Coercive Impetus
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Confiscate
• 1 Control Magic
• 1 Corrupted Conscience
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Curse of Bloodletting
• 1 Curse of Death's Hold
• 1 Curse of Disturbance
• 1 Curse of Fool's Wisdom
• 1 Curse of Inertia
• 1 Curse of Misfortunes
• 1 Curse of Obsession
• 1 Curse of Shaken Faith
• 1 Curse of Shallow Graves
• 1 Curse of Surveillance
• 1 Curse of Thirst
• 1 Curse of Unbinding
• 1 Curse of Verbosity
• 1 Curse of the Bloody Tome
• 1 Curse of the Pierced Heart
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eye of Nidhogg
• 1 Ghoulish Impetus
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Grave Betrayal
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Grim Guardian
• 1 Hero's Downfall
• 1 In Bolas's Clutches
• 1 Incriminating Impetus
• 8 Island
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Learn from the Past
• 1 Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
• 1 Maddening Hex
• 1 Maestros Confluence
• 1 Mind Control
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Murder
• 1 Nightscape Familiar
• 1 Nightscape Master
• 1 Parasitic Impetus
• 1 Persuasion
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Protean Thaumaturge
• 1 Psychic Impetus
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Red Death, Shipwrecker
• 1 Reminisce
• 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Shiny Impetus
• 1 Sly Instigator
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 8 Swamp
• 1 The Sound of Drums
• 1 Torment of Scarabs
• 1 Trespasser's Curse
• 1 Vengeful Ancestor
• 1 Volition Reins